Paper-cup and cup-dispenser shipping package



March 19, 1929. MOORE 1,706,248

PAPER CUP AND CUP DISPENSER SHIPPING PACKAGE Filed Jan. 19, 1928 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 grwcntoz Hugh Moore,

H. MOORE March 19, 1929.

1,706,248 PAPER CUP AND CUP DISPENSER SHIPPING PACKAGE 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Jan 19, 1928 gwuentoz Hugh Moore,

atbozwem H. MOORE March 19, 1929.

PAPER CUP AND CUP DISPENSER SHIPPING PACKAGE Filed Jan. 19, 1928 3 Sheets-Sheet 5 Hwh Moore,

Patented Mar. 19, 1929.

UNETED- STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HUGH MOORE, OF EASTON, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO INDIVIDUAL DRINKING CUP COMPANY, INC., OF EASTON, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION OF PENN SYL- VANIA.

PAPER-CUP AND CUP-DISPENSER SHIPPING PACKAGE.

Applicationfiled January 19, 1928. Serial No. 247,937.

This invention relates to an improved paper cup and cup dispenser shipping package. The invention comprehends a paper cup and cup dispenser shipping package comprising a number of cartons of nested paper cups and a dispenser device or member which is adapted to be employed with the cup cartons to dispensethe cups directly therefrom.

.An object of the invention is to provide an improved shipping package of the character referred to in which the dispenser device or member is arranged with the cartons of nested cups'to occupy minimum space and to readily form with the cartons of cups a close pack of regular form, in a single shipping case or container of regular conventional form convenient for handling and shipping.

. A further object of the invention is to provide for the packing of the cup cartons and the dispenser device or member in a single package and with the dispenser device or member assembled 0r interfitting with one of the cup cartons toindicate in a simple way 7 the manner in which the dispenser device or member is adapted to be employed with the cup cartons to dispense the cups therefrom.

The invention, with other objects and advantages thereof, and the particular construction, combination and arrangement of parts comprising the same, will be understood from the hereinafter contained detailed description when considered in connection with the accompanying drawings forming part hereof and illustrating one embodiment of the invention.

' In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective'view of a paper cup and dispenser device shipping package in accordance with the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section.

Fig. 3 is a transverse section.

Fig. 4 is a detail side elevation of one of the cup cartons.

Fig. 5 is a side elevation with one of the cup cartons seated in the dispenser device.

Fig. 6 is a vertical section of one of the cartons and dispenser device assembled as shown in Figure 5.

Fig. 7 is a horizontal section on the line 7-7 of Figure 6.

While a specific embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the drawings, it will of course be understood, that changes and obvious modifications may be made in the particular construction and arrangement. of parts shown, and the invention carried out n other forms, as will appeal to those skilled in the art and falling within the scope of the appended claims, without departing from the spirit. of the invention.

Referring to a detailed description of the particular embodiment of the invention shown in the drawings. A designates a conventional form of carton for marketing paper cups, the same being rectangular shaped in cross section, provided with closure flaps l at one end thereof, and adapted to contain a stack of nested cups designated 2. The lprin of cup shown is a well known construction or paper cup having an outwardly 6X tending flange at the top, the rim flanges of the cups being spaced, as shown, when the cups are nested.

B designates a dispenser device or member adapted to cooperate with the carton A to support the same and to provide for dispensing cups directly therefrom. The dispenser device or member B is in the form of a tubular part or casing of metal, square shape and substantially the same size and cross section as the cup cartons A. The dispenser device or member B is adapted to be secured in a vertical position to any suitable support, by suitable means for instance screws 25 passing through openings in the rear wall thereof, as illustrated in Figure 7 of the drawings. The dispenser device or member isadapted to have detachably seated within its upper part. a cup carton A, the interior diameter of the dispensed device or member B corresponding to the diameter of the cup carton A and being provided with shoulders a for the lower end of the carton to rest upon. Below the shoulders at the dispenser device or member B is provided with ClllIlQtfilIllIlg and separating means com prising inwardly extending transverse ledges 5. l/Vhen the carton A is inserted in the dispenser device or member B, the end flaps 1 of the carton having been first removed, the stack of cups 2 is'supported by the retainng and supporting ledges 5, the cups 2 being withdrawn one by one from the carton A and dispenser device B by a downward pull upon the lowermost of the stack of nested cups restlng upon the retaining ledges 5.

In accordance with the present invention the shipping case or container has an interior area relative to the size and dimensions of 'the'cup cartons A so that a given number of 7 said cartons will fill said area and be snugly heldinplace. 'I'One 01? the cartons of the package .is cut o'ii' or shorter with respect to the other cartons and iitted into the upper part of the dispenser device or member B in operative relation therewith and to present with the dispenser device or member a shape and length corresponding to the length of the full length cartons. In the drawings, reference being ;had particularly to'liigures l, 2 and3 thereof, A designates the carton of reduced lei' gtlrhaving the upper part of the dispenser device or member B telescoped with an end portion thereof, The shorter carton A" Wit-lithe dispenser device or member 13 fitting thereover is arranged side by side withthe other full length cartons A in a close pack, as shown, within the shipping case or container C. In the particular construction shown the" cup cartons are arranged in rows transversely of the shipping case, the shorter ca'rton'A with the dispenser device or .mem-

berB fitting 'thereover being shown arranged in the end row of cartons disposed at that end of the shipping case having therclosure flaps-'6 providing for access to the case to be in plain view when the carton is opened.

Tt will be noted thattheinvention provides the cartonso'f nested cups and afdispenser device for use therewith, the dispenser device ""be ng arranged with the'cartons to occupy am'inimum space and to formtherewith a v close pack' ott' regular formation snugly fitting and h'eld "in a, single shipping case or container, the -latter being of regularconventional rectangular-shape convenient torhandhng and shipplng. The improved package provides for a very economical Landsatisfacpackage for the dispenser device is avoided and the association of the dispenser device in operative relation the package \with one offithecartons, serves to indicate quickly to the dealer the manner in which the dispenser device'isadaptedto beernployed with the cartons of nested cups.

The particular -eonstruction of dispenser described andshown in .this application but not claimed, forms the subject matter of my copendi-ng application Serial No. 152,885.

What I claim is:

1. A paper cup and cup dispenser shipping package comprising a shipping case containing a number of cartons of nested paper cups and a dispenser device, the interior areaof the shipping case and the cartons'bei-ng of relative size and dimensions sobthat a given number of said cartonsiwil l fill said'ar ea and be snugly held in place, one of said cartons being cutoff or shorter with respect to the remaining cartons and combined with said dispenser device to presenta completed size and shape corresponding to the size and shape of the full length cartons, the dispenser device being tubular and detachably connected with an end portion of the shortened cup carion to enable removal and discarding .ofthe latter when emptied and substitution of any of the otheifilled cartons.

2. A paper cup. and cup dispenser package .comprislng a rectangnlarsha ped shipping case contalning a numberof cartons of nested paper cups'and a .d-ispenser device, vthe cartons being square shape in cross section, and the'interior ,area of the shipping case and "the cartons; being of relative size so that a given number of said cartons will Ljfilll said area and be snug'ly'held in ,place, a sh pping packagecomprising a number of said dispenser device being square shape in cross section and one of thecartons being shorter with respect to'the remaining-cartons and detaehably littingintothe' dispenser dev 'nnGnMoon-E. 

